How To Install libqhull7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqhull7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libqhull7
libqhull7 is:
Qhull computes convex hulls, Delaunay triangulations, halfspace intersections about a point, Voronoi diagrams, furthest-site Delaunay triangulations, and furthest-site Voronoi diagrams. It runs in 2-d, 3-d, 4-d, and higher dimensions.
This package contains the shared C library.
There are three methods to install libqhull7 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libqhull7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqhull7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqhull7
Install libqhull7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqhull7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqhull7
Install libqhull7 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libqhull7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqhull7
How To Uninstall libqhull7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libqhull7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqhull7
Uninstall libqhull7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqhull7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqhull7
Remove libqhull7 Configurations and Data
To remove libqhull7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqhull7
Remove libqhull7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqhull7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqhull7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqhull7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
